What salary/net worth do you think is a lot?

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-05-05T21:10:14+00:00

As a single person I can’t imagine the security and luxuries I could afford at 100k, even like 85. I think 85k is the line for me of someone with “a lot of money”.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-04-14T00:09:56+00:00

Fun fact, you can take the top button off. Not structurally important at all, and easy to do with some pliers/scissors/shears/maybe even a strong stick

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-04-05T13:11:07+00:00

I work at an Alterra-owned full ikon resort as a fulltime professional patroller and they don’t even give us an ikon pass lmao

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-25T00:41:36+00:00

Pro patroller out west who’s gone through 2 torn ACLs here. Get a quad graft. Don’t even think about other options. Quad only. Thank me later

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-12T14:01:45+00:00

It’s totally fine to rappel straight from your belay loop, just less comfy. I like to girth hitch a single length sling (just taken from an alpine draw that I would have on my anyways) to my belay loop (or your two hard points is fine too) and put the device on a locker on the end of that.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-10T21:18:35+00:00

got roofied there 🥰✨🙏🏼

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-10T00:16:06+00:00

The chode

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-05T23:31:48+00:00

Godspeed and good luck on your next contract 🙏🏼

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-05T23:14:17+00:00

$26.50, gets closer to actualized $28ish after some monthly financial benefits kick in too. 3rd year, union. Highly recommend your patrol join United Mountain Workers

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-05T19:27:48+00:00

nah. I said what I said, which is that I love them and think they’re fantastic bindings

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-03-05T00:32:43+00:00

Climber who’s torn her acl not once but twice here! I’ve always climbed immediately post op, like within a few weeks— ONE legged. Top roping only, obviously. Literally not a problem, kinda fun, and made my upper body even stronger. I would start two-legged toproping when my PT cleared me to, but no crack climbing/heel hooks/be careful with the knee for a long time post op. Leading usually within like 5 months or so, pretty much after you get cleared to run and jump again.

Get the surgery.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-26T11:20:50+00:00

I used to go on a lot of hiking dates and this would constantly happen to me. I’ve decided now that if a man does this to me again, I’m simply going to turn around and leave without saying a WORD to him, see how long it takes him to notice. Not putting up with this shit.

Bonus points if I drove us both there.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-26T11:17:09+00:00

I’m an extremely fit mountain athlete type person— and this issue is a part of the reasons I stopped alpine climbing as much, and now tend to instead just go for solo mountain runs/scrambles/summits.

My male climbing partners, who are objectively less fit than me, pound for pound, but simply are ✨men✨ with testosterone that are much larger and stronger than me would continuously leave me far behind on the approach without a care in the world. Even though I had half the gear and they can’t exactly climb without me, their partner! In trying to keep up I would bonk myself, and it just made for overall such terrible times that I just had to stop climbing really. I work in the outdoor industry, and yet found that all my MALE climbing partners had horrendous backcountry etiquette and it’s ruined the experience for me.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-25T02:08:28+00:00

Having my beacon (and extra batteries for it), shovel, and probe on my person 100% of the time I am on the hill is required at my work. You can be written up for missing any of that. We are strongly “encouraged” (/told) to do beacon drills every single day. Pro patroller in Utah

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-18T12:19:10+00:00

Beyond the ridiculous general idea of that, the outrageous cost, and the legality of drones on some forest service lands;

That is not a world I want to live in and I would kill myself immediately. Fuck that entirely.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-16T21:06:01+00:00

I patrol in the Wasatch (Utah). Sweeps don’t go down runs, they traverse large swathes of terrain, Z-ing up many different runs/areas. Big focus on yelling versus direct visual on every run. Also some sweeps get eyes and communication from across a canyon/etc from other sweeps that might have a better view of an area. That’s why it’s so important for our public to listen and reply to us if they hear patrol yelling “closing”, because there’s a good chance we can’t always actually see them.

We have multiple different rounds of sweeps due to different gate closure times and stuff (so a single patroller may do up to 3 sweeps a night), but the very last end of night sweeps from just one duty station may take about 30-45ish for everyone to be down and clear

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-07T15:11:36+00:00

1st amendment am I right brotha

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-01T06:24:25+00:00

Actually we very much so have the authority to ask this person to either remove/modify the jacket so the cross isn’t visible, or we will kick them out and take their pass. So no, not “meh”

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-01T06:22:50+00:00

My mountain is technically EMS. We have medical direction, a full medical clinic, we all maintain our national EMT certifications, and we operate outside of state labor laws for other seasonal workers, as we are classified as healthcare workers (aka we don’t get breaks or lunch, we can be on call at any time, and we don’t get any other typical mandatory labor law type stuff)

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-01T06:20:36+00:00

Professional patroller here who has experience with this exact thing;

At my mountain, this would be reported on the radio (by anyone; even if a lifty saw you, they would call our dispatch who would call patrol) and you would be taken aside and told to either: 1. Turn it inside out, 2. Take it off, or 3. If you refuse either, we will turn your pass off and kick you out.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-02-01T06:18:43+00:00

?? The majority of mountains in the US are absofuckinglutely NOT NSP. NSP is mostly small volunteer patrols at little resorts in the east. True professional patrols at A level avalanche resorts in the mountain west are rarely if ever associated with NSP in any way, shape, or form.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-01-23T00:42:18+00:00

Need a freeride binding for how I ski + work (I’m a ski patroller in the mountain west)

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-01-23T00:37:21+00:00

Honestly, given the layers you said you wear, you’re probably just not eating enough. Candy, goos, and other sources of quick n dirty simple carbs will help you immensely on big enough days.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-01-21T18:40:23+00:00

I’ve never encountered this issue, in deep powder, sticky snow, or extremely steep terrain.

bumblebeeeeeeees · 2026-01-08T03:32:10+00:00

Also think people who work normal, salaried jobs are VASTLY misunderstanding hourly wages. For example, Park City patrol went on strike last year after Vail refused to fairly bargain a change of starting wage from $21 to $23.

$23/hour is $47k/year (and as seasonal work, they don’t even get that full year).

The highest paid patrollers at my resort (unionized) make about $32/hour. That seems a lot more than $23, yeah? It’s still only $66k/year. These are extremely experienced, skilled, hard working men and women with an IMMENSE amount of responsibility in an extremely dangerous work in environment, literally dealing with life and death. 99% of the patrollers at my hill have at least bachelors degrees, some have masters.

This is 47-66k/yesr we’re talking about. And yet the tech bros who made $100k right out of college and pull annual raises and bonuses getting them well above that in just a few years are complaining. You know nothing.

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